Senior Staff Software Architect & Technical Leader

Geico; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for critical software systems. The role shapes architectural direction, integrates across platforms, and drives durable impact beyond a single team.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years building large-scale distributed systems, deep fault-tolerance expertise, and a proven track record of organizational tech leadership. Familiarity with Golang, Kubernetes, and microservices is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in fault tolerance, resilience, and recovery design.
• Proven track record of org-level technical leadership beyond a single team.
• Strong ability to reason about partial failure.
• Experience shaping shared platforms or frameworks used by many teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for critical software development systems and define the long-term technical direction.
• Evolve system orchestration patterns and balance reliability with development speed.
• Mentor engineers across teams and foster a culture of ownership and accountability.

Skills

Leadership

Fault tolerance

Resilience engineering

Partial failure reasoning

Platform ownership

Tools

Golang

Kubernetes

Microservices

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for critical software systems. The role shapes architectural direction, integrates across platforms, and drives durable impact beyond a single team.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years building large-scale distributed systems, deep fault-tolerance expertise, and a proven track record of organizational tech leadership. Familiarity with Golang, Kubernetes, and microservices is preferred.